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Column by David Cox Credit markets falter. The Dow plunges the stock market into depths not seen for years. Banks close or sell out. The state goes into the hole. In this time of transition, no one knows who to look to for national or even international leadership in what is becoming the first major…
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Story by Jim Bishop A leading spokesperson for sustainable agricultural systems will address the next Suter Science Seminar at Eastern Mennonite University. John Jeavons, Willits, Calif., will speak on “Food and Our Future: Hope and Solutions through Biointensive Farming” 6:30 p.m. Wednesday in EMU’s Lehman Auditorium. Jeavons has directed Ecology Action’s Mini-Farming program since 1972….
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The Top Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Barack Obama had two words Friday for supporters who want to think that he has the ’08 presidential election sewn up. “New Hampshire.” “We were up 10 in the polls the day before the election, and we ended up losing. We were up in Texas and Ohio, we…
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Column by Kellie Hahn Reprinted from Op-Ed News It all made sense to me last night why, on the night of her debate with Joe Biden, Sarah Palin made a bee line for Biden to ask if she could call him Joe. And I thought she just wanted to deliver her zinger, “Say it ain’t…
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Column by Chris Graham [email protected] John McCain did exactly what he wanted to do last night, which could have been the game-changer that he has been trying to make happen for weeks were it the case that all he needed to do was convince fire-breathing Republicans that he was their man. He hit on Bill…
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Column by Adam Bessie Reprint from OpEdNews.com Michael Savage, host of the controversial conservative talk show “The Savage Nation,” who claimed in his New York Times best-seller Liberalism is a Mental Disorder that “the president should demand one barrel of oil from Mexico for every illegal that sneaks into our country,”- and who has called…
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Column by Joseph Fitzgerald Hundreds of potential first-time voters may have been disenfranchised by the Harrisonburg Registrar’s Office as part of a pattern that increasingly looks like an active campaign to limit voting by college students in the presidential election. The campaign began with unsubstantiated warnings to students about financial repercussions from registering; it is…
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Staff Report Kathleen G. Arthur, a James Madison University professor emerita, received The Award for Exemplary Achievement, the most prestigious award given by the Southeastern College Art Conference, in recognition of personal and professional development as well as longstanding service. Arthur has served the SECAC, a nonprofit organization that seeks to promote the visual arts…
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Story by Jim Bishop The Alumni Association of EMU honored three of its graduates Sunday, Oct. 12, for their work in reflecting the school’s vision, mission and values. Donald B. Kraybill, 63, of Elizabethtown, Pa., a 1967 EMU graduate with a double major in Bible and sociology, received EMU’s 2008 “alumnus of the year” award…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Gov. Tim Kaine wants to balance the fiscal-year 2009 state budget with $348 million in state-agency cuts, the utilization of $400 million from the state’s Rainy Day Fund and the bonding of $250 million in capital projects that the state had been planning to pay for with cash. The measures…
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